September 23-30 is Banned Books Week. 2006 marks the 25th anniversary of this celebration of intellectual freedom.
See http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/explorebbw.htm
- for more information about the week
- for more information about intellectual freedom
- see the top 10 challenged books in the 21st century
- vote for your favorite challenged book
and enjoy your freedom to read!
To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is to declare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. – Claude Adrien Helvetius